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Civil Servants: Termination of Employment

Asked by Mr Peter BedfordConservativeAttorney GeneralTabled Answered 16 June 2025UIN 58452

The question

To ask the Solicitor General, how many permanent civil servants had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.

Answered by Lucy Rigby

In the Attorney General’s Office, no permanent civil servants had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.

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